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It has been a saga with twists and turns aplenty, and on Tuesday came the latest — Boise State once again intends to build its own on-campus baseball stadium for its reborn program. The Broncos will begin play in 2020, ...

MOSCOW – University of Idaho officials hosted a groundbreaking June 6 to commence construction on the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena. The future home of Vandals basketball is a $51 million facility that will hold 4,200 people, according to a ...

In an effort to improve its infrastructure to attract business, Kuna is looking at a number of mechanisms to raise funding, including resurrecting an urban renewal agency. Kuna set up the urban renewal agency in 2011 in response to bills ...

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EAGLE — The Wolff Co.’s new apartment community is the latest example of rental housing that caters to affluent seniors, especially those who may have burned out on the task of rustling up dinner every night. Units range between $2,850 to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Home prices in 2018 climbed 4.5%, while incomes grew 3.2%, according to CoreLogic real estate figures and government wage data released Friday. The gap suggests that affordability is worsening. Still, this gap appears to be narrowing relative ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Crisis. Emergency. California lawmakers are describing the state’s housing crunch in dire terms. But few seem to agree on what to do about it. The political wrangling over the last few weeks around bills to cap ...

D.L. Evans Bank has constructed a permanent branch in Fruitland — a development that was six years in the making. The company, based in Burley with several dozen branches statewide, had been operating in a leased storefront space for the past ...

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The surge in construction is bringing on another surge: Construction deaths and injuries. Construction companies are looking for ways to reduce these incidents. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles occupational injuries, and breaks them out into categories. For example, ...

Tagged with: construction safety Engineered Structures Inc. OSHA

A local building materials supplier has a new design center and showroom in the area. Johnson Brothers said the new facility is nearly three times the size of the previous space. The newly renovated building at 2230 S. Cole Road, ...

Charter Pointe was exactly the type of subdivision prospective first-time homebuyer Amanda Cunningham wanted to live in: two-story homes surrounded by farmland with an elementary school close enough for her son to walk to. “It’s hard to find a home ...